Re: Best Buy and Geek Squad computer privacy issues



On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 00:58:37 GMT, kr0 wrote:

> Apparently there is an issue with the Geek Squad at Best Buy viewing
> personal files on computers. It seems that customers who have left their
> personal computers to be serviced are concerned about unauthorized viewing
> of pictures, information and other files. If you check out
> https://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/case/best_buy_geek_squad they have the
> information on this as well as what can be done about it. There is a free
> case evaluation provided for those who may have experienced such an issue. I
> thought this was interesting and hope that it might be of some help.
>
> kr0

If the reason for servicing isn't related to software on the hard drive,
just remove it, any shop worth thier beans has a spare to throw in
temporarily to get the servicing of the box done.
.



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